Michael Cooper

Rule and policies should be clearly posted. Students will ingnore/forget them anyway, but at a minimum, they know what they are. 

All students need to respect from the teacher and vice versa. Students with trauma will react more positively to a teacher that understands them and their experiences. 

Stay engaged with your community of advisors, adminstrators, colleagues and other CTE teachers. 

I learned that it is particularly important to set clear guidelines that dictate the relationship I have with my students and the parents of my students. Coming from a small town and school, I know most parents of my students on a personal basis. Many times I have known the parents since before any of us had kids. Now the relationship has to change when I am teaching their kids. Sometimes it is better, sometimes you almost need to stop being friends in order to maintain the proper amount of professional relationship in school. 

The framework seems to be the most important place to start when beginning to implement a CTE program. When that is nailed down, a teacher should be able to see a path forward for individual curriculum design and implementation.